Beseeched
to implore urgently:
They besought him to go at once.
to beg eagerly for; solicit.
to make urgent appeal:
Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail.
Contemporary Examples
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction Abby Haglage May 3, 2014
Team Romney Plays the Electoral Numbers in Frenzied Final Stretch David Freedlander November 3, 2012
Historical Examples
Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) Henry Glassford Bell
The Four Million
O. Henry
Then I’ll Come Back to You Larry Evans
Spring Street James H. Richardson
On the Seaboard August Strindberg
Sketches New and Old, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
A Description of Millenium Hall Sarah Scott
The Flying Bo’sun Arthur Mason
verb -seeches, -seeching, -sought, -seeched
(transitive) to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
v.
Read Also:
- Beseeching
to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once. to beg eagerly for; solicit. to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail. Contemporary Examples EuroMaidan Protesters: We Want U.S. Protection Jamie Dettmer March 3, 2014 Historical Examples Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine – Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various Fairy Fingers […]
- Beseechingly
to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once. to beg eagerly for; solicit. to make urgent appeal: Earnestly did I beseech, but to no avail. Historical Examples Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud Montgomery Floyd Grandon’s Honor Amanda Minnie Douglas Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen Yekl Abraham Cahan The […]
- Beseeming
to be fit for or worthy of; become: conduct that beseems a gentleman. to be suitable or fitting. Historical Examples A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott The Leopard Woman Stewart Edward White Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII Various The Case of the Registered Letter Augusta Groner Tales of Destiny […]
- Beseleel
Bezaleel.
- Besetment
to attack on all sides; assail; harass: to be beset by enemies; beset by difficulties. to surround; hem in: a village beset on all sides by dense forest. to set or place upon; bestud: a gold bracelet beset with jewels. Nautical. to surround (a vessel) by ice, so that control of the helm is lost. […]